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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: Apr. 09, 2020

March 31st, 2020.
The winning team was Everyone Who Watched.

Goofy Movies

1) Rob Lowe plays a headband wearing saxophonist as part of an ensemble cast in what movie from 1985?

2) What 2013 movie, and its 2016 sequel, features a well-known cast playing magicians who use their abilities to carry out a series of daring heists?

3) Olivia Newton-John plays a roller-skating version of the Greek muse of dance, Terpsichore, in what movie released in 1980?

4) In the 2002 movie Reign of Fire, Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey and Gerard Butler battle what kind of creatures threatening London in a dystopian future?

T. P.

the answers to these questions are two word answers - the first word begins with "T' and the second with "P"

1) What author wrote the Discworld series, a collection of comedic fantasy novels?

2) Being referred to by what term as a schoolkid may be considered at times an advantage and at other times a disadvantage?

3) Who wrote and released the pamphlet in early 1776 called Common Sense, which had an enormous influence on the idea of American independence from Britain?

4) What building material is often used by roofers?

Self-Isolated Streaming

1) What true-crime docuseries that debuted on Netflix on March 20th features mulleted, gun-toting polygamist and country singer, Joe Exotic?

2) Each day at 3pm, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens offer a live stream called "Home Safari." The first episode featured Fiona, an animal also known as a River Horse - what type of animal is Fiona?

3) What documentarian asked PBS to stream, for free, his 1994 nine-part series Baseball, which has one episode for each inning of the game?

4) On Amazon Prime, the series Making The Cut reunites what two hosts/judges in a new clothing design competition show?

B. O. R. E. D.

one of the answers to this question starts with the letter "B", one with the letter "O", one with the letter "R", one with the letter "E" and one with the letter "D"

1) Players of what game have to deal with a Broken Heart, Butterflies in the Stomach, a Charley Horse, and Writer's Cramp, among other things?

2) What science fiction book, written by Ernest Cline and published in 2011, is set mostly in a virtual world called the Oasis?

3) What card game, popular in Indiana, is played with four people (two teams of two) and with twenty-eight cards missing from the deck?

4) Eternal, is the latest installment in what computer game series, that is considered a pioneer of first-person shooter games?

Comedy & Music

1) Comedians Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci occasionally perform their satirical songs as a duet under what name?

2) What artist has put out a series of satirical song parodies on YouTube such as He's Just A Gurl Who'll Quid Pro Quo! to the tune of I'm Just A Girl Who Can't Say No, Any Dem Will Do! To the tune of Any Dream Will Do, and recently Social Distance to the tune of I Can Go The Distance from the Disney movie Hercules?

3) What 1984 song parody by Weird Al Yankovic features the following lyrics: "I took potpourri for one hundred, and then my head started to spin, well, I'm givin' up, Don Pardo, just tell me now what I didn't win"?

4) In a 2011 short film for what Lonely Island song does a man, played by Andy Samberg, who destroys things he thinks people are insulting him with, like an energy drink, a hot dog, a cell phone, and a birthday cake, end up getting tased by Ryan Reynolds and Elijah Wood playing themselves?

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